Quercetin, a bioflavonoid, protects against oxidative stress-related gastric mucosal damage in rats

Natural Product Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 68-72

  Rao, Ch V ^a   Ojha, S K ^a   Govindarajan, R ^a   Rawat, A K S ^a   Mehrotra, S ^a   Pushpangadan, P ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Corticosterone; Quercetin; ROS; Ulcer

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ANTIULCER AGENT; CORTICOSTERONE; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; SUCRALFATE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PYLORUS LIGATION; RAT; STOMACH MUCOSA LESION; STOMACH PROTECTION; STRESS ULCER;

EID: 0038503194     PISSN: 12263907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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